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->The rules here are pretty simple. Are you making a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' game? Your first level may be set in a sewer. Are you making ''any other game whatsoever?'' Then the moment you start working on a sewer level is the time to put down your keyboard and back away slowly from the games industry. These levels have precisely one purpose -- to make every other kind feel better in comparison.

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->The ->''The rules here are pretty simple. Are you making a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' game? Your first level may be set in a sewer. Are you making ''any other game whatsoever?'' Then the moment you start working on a sewer level is the time to put down your keyboard and back away slowly from the games industry. These levels have precisely one purpose -- to make every other kind feel better in comparison.''



->I'm pretty sure the sewers underneath Jerusalem don't run ''blue''.

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->I'm ->''I'm pretty sure the sewers underneath Jerusalem don't run ''blue''.''blue.



->Can you tell me something? Why does every ''Zelda'' game have to have a water temple and ''why do they always have to suck so much?!'' ''Ocarina of Time'''s water temple? I'd rather drown.

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->Can ->''Can you tell me something? Why does every ''Zelda'' game have to have a water temple and ''why do they always have to suck so much?!'' ''Ocarina of Time'''s water temple? I'd rather drown.''



->[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Uuuuuuugh...]] I don’t want to go down into the sewers... I don’t even want to ''write'' about going down in the sewers...
-->-- '''LetsPlay/TheDarkId's''' LetsPlay of '''''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''''': ''[[http://lparchive.org/Xenogears-(by-The-Dark-Id)/Update%2041/ Episode XXXIX: The Fucking Sewer Level]]''

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->[[ThisIsGonnaSuck ->''[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Uuuuuuugh...]] I don’t want to go down into the sewers... I don’t even want to ''write'' about going down in the sewers...
sewers...''
-->-- '''LetsPlay/TheDarkId's''' LetsPlay of '''''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''''': ''[[http://lparchive.''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'': [[http://lparchive.org/Xenogears-(by-The-Dark-Id)/Update%2041/ Episode XXXIX: The Fucking Sewer Level]]''
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->This isn't the kind of place where I'd choose to spend my holidays!" quips the game, quippily, as you descend into yet another fine product of Sewer Level Inc. Yes, Sewer Level Inc: "Padding Your Stupid Games Since 1986.
-->-- '''Magazine/PCGamer.com''' retro review of ''[[http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/09/13/saturday-crapshoot-future-wars/ Future Wars]]''

->...You're kidding. Really? I had to go through all of that and THIS is what I get? A sewer level?! Sewer levels are the worst! We should have just ignored the call!

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->This ->''This isn't the kind of place where I'd choose to spend my holidays!" quips the game, quippily, as you descend into yet another fine product of Sewer Level Inc. Yes, Sewer Level Inc: "Padding Your Stupid Games Since 1986.
1986.''
-->-- '''Magazine/PCGamer.com''' retro review of ''[[http://www.[[http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/09/13/saturday-crapshoot-future-wars/ Future Wars]]''

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retro review]] of ''VideoGame/FutureWars''

->''...
You're kidding. Really? I had to go through all of that and THIS is what I get? A sewer level?! Sewer levels are the worst! We should have just ignored the call!call!''



->You run around like a rat in a maze hitting switches and looking for a way out. It's tedious as hell and takes forever, but then again all horrible games need to have sewers because that's where they belong.

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->You ->''You run around like a rat in a maze hitting switches and looking for a way out. It's tedious as hell and takes forever, but then again all horrible games need to have sewers because that's where they belong.''



->When I saw this scene happened I screamed because I knew the next level would be a ''fucking'' sewer. And it was. I was hoping the game would be over in the last level. Instead, they toss you in the sewer and the sewer levels are the ''fucking worst'', literally the worst. They're these huge mazes that kind of loop around and back and forth and... Aw, these levels are so long and they never end.

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->When ->''When I saw this scene happened I screamed because I knew the next level would be a ''fucking'' sewer. And it was. I was hoping the game would be over in the last level. Instead, they toss you in the sewer and the sewer levels are the ''fucking worst'', literally the worst. They're these huge mazes that kind of loop around and back and forth and... Aw, these levels are so long and they never end.''



->You know, it's one thing to have ''VideoGame/DrakeOfThe99Dragons'' be one of the worst things ever created, but throwing a sewer level in there just guarantees that nobody's going to like this game!

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->You ->''You know, it's one thing to have ''VideoGame/DrakeOfThe99Dragons'' be one of the worst things ever created, but throwing a sewer level in there just guarantees that nobody's going to like this game!game!''

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-->-- '''[[VideoGame/EarthBound Ness]]''', ''Webcomic/TheChosenFour''

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-->-- '''[[VideoGame/EarthBound '''[[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Ness]]''', ''Webcomic/TheChosenFour''


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->''Let's take a dive\\
in Aquatic Mine\\
Once was a coal pit\\
But now it's a water ride''
-->-- "Dive Into the Mellow", ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''
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->You know, it's one thing to have ''VideoGame/DrakeOfThe99Dragons'' be one of the worst things ever created, but throwing a sewer level in there just guarantees that nobody's going to like this game!
-->-- '''WebVideo/ProJared''', reviewing the aforementioned game
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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''

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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''
''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}''
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->Uuuuuuugh... I don’t want to go down into the sewers... I don’t even want to write about going down in the sewers...

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->Uuuuuuugh... ->[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Uuuuuuugh...]] I don’t want to go down into the sewers... I don’t even want to write ''write'' about going down in the sewers...
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->The rules here are pretty simple. Are you making a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' game? Your first level may be set in a sewer. Are you making ''any other game whatsoever?'' Then the moment you start working on a sewer level is the time to put down your keyboard and back away slowly from the games industry. These levels have precisely one purpose – to make every other kind feel better in comparison.

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->The rules here are pretty simple. Are you making a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' game? Your first level may be set in a sewer. Are you making ''any other game whatsoever?'' Then the moment you start working on a sewer level is the time to put down your keyboard and back away slowly from the games industry. These levels have precisely one purpose -- to make every other kind feel better in comparison.
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-->-- ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''

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-->-- ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''
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->''"SEWER ADVENTURE!"''
-->-- '''Creator/JhonenVasquez'''
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-->--'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJFK4U_zhao Retro Pals']]''', showcasing ''VideoGame/SocksTheCatRocksTheHill''

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-->--'''[[https://www.-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJFK4U_zhao Retro Pals']]''', showcasing ''VideoGame/SocksTheCatRocksTheHill''
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->When I saw this scene happened I screamed because I knew the next level would be a ''fucking'' sewer. And it was. I was hoping the game would be over in the last level. Instead, they toss you in the sewer and the sewer levels are the ''fucking worst'', literally the worst. They're these huge mazes that kind of loop around and back and forth and... Aw, these levels are so long and they never end.
-->--'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJFK4U_zhao Retro Pals']]''', showcasing ''VideoGame/SocksTheCatRocksTheHill''
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->You run around like a rat in a maze hitting switches and looking for a way out. It's tedious as hell and takes forever, but then again all horrible games need to have sewers because that's where they belong.
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''', reviewing ''VideoGame/DirtyHarry''
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->...You're kidding. Really? I had to go through all of that and THIS is what I get? A sewer level?! Sewer levels are the worst! We should have just ignored the call!
-->-- '''[[VideoGame/EarthBound Ness]]''', ''Webcomic/TheChosenFour''
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-->-- '''{{WebVideo/Jontron}}''', talking about the series's recurringly [[ScrappyLevel scrappy levels]] in his video on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YkI5hAN5FU 6 Horrible Boss Battles]]

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-->-- '''{{WebVideo/Jontron}}''', talking about the series's recurringly [[ScrappyLevel scrappy levels]] series' recurring cases of ThatOneLevel in his video on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YkI5hAN5FU 6 Horrible Boss Battles]]



-->-- '''[[LetsPlay/TheDarkId The Dark Id's]]''' LetsPlay of '''''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''''': ''[[http://lparchive.org/Xenogears-(by-The-Dark-Id)/Update%2041/ Episode XXXIX: The Fucking Sewer Level]]''

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-->-- '''[[LetsPlay/TheDarkId The Dark Id's]]''' '''LetsPlay/TheDarkId's''' LetsPlay of '''''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''''': ''[[http://lparchive.org/Xenogears-(by-The-Dark-Id)/Update%2041/ Episode XXXIX: The Fucking Sewer Level]]''
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-->-- '''PCGamer.com''' retro review of ''[[http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/09/13/saturday-crapshoot-future-wars/ Future Wars]]''

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-->-- '''PCGamer.'''Magazine/PCGamer.com''' retro review of ''[[http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/09/13/saturday-crapshoot-future-wars/ Future Wars]]''

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-->--'''Richard Cobbett''', ''[[http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/10/01/saturday-crapshoot-dalek-attack/ PC Gamer's Saturday Crapshoot]]''

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-->--'''Richard -->-- '''Richard Cobbett''', ''[[http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/10/01/saturday-crapshoot-dalek-attack/ PC Gamer's Saturday Crapshoot]]''



-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Noah Antwiler]]''' on ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'' (NES}

->Can you tell me something? Why does every Zelda game have to have a water temple and ''why do they always have to suck so much?!'' Ocarina of Time's water temple? I'd rather drown.

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-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment -->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Noah Antwiler]]''' on ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'' ''VideoGame/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'' (NES}

->Can you tell me something? Why does every Zelda ''Zelda'' game have to have a water temple and ''why do they always have to suck so much?!'' Ocarina ''Ocarina of Time's Time'''s water temple? I'd rather drown.
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-->--'''''[[JakAndDaxter Jak II]]'''''

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-->--'''''[[JakAndDaxter Jak II]]'''''
-->-- ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade''
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->"The rules here are pretty simple. Are you making a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' game? Your first level may be set in a sewer. Are you making ''any other game whatsoever?'' Then the moment you start working on a sewer level is the time to put down your keyboard and back away slowly from the games industry. These levels have precisely one purpose – to make every other kind feel better in comparison."

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->"The ->The rules here are pretty simple. Are you making a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' game? Your first level may be set in a sewer. Are you making ''any other game whatsoever?'' Then the moment you start working on a sewer level is the time to put down your keyboard and back away slowly from the games industry. These levels have precisely one purpose – to make every other kind feel better in comparison."



->"Were sewer levels ever compelling? From the beginning of gaming history, all they ever were was a way to needlessly pad out the game with mazes, insane jumping puzzles, bullshit death traps, switch flipping and giant rat stomping. It's just about the fastest way I can think of to kill my enthusiasm for any game [aside from [[{{Phantasmagoria 2}} main characters talking to their pet rats]].]"
-->-- '''TheSpoonyOne''', '''''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'''''

->"Can you tell me something? Why does every Zelda game have to have a water temple and ''why do they always have to suck so much?!'' Ocarina of Time's water temple? I'd rather drown. Twilight Princess's water temple? I'd rather drown! And [[AC:OH GOD]] the Great Bay Temple from Majora's Mask! (voice quivering) [[ThisIsGonnaSuck I'd rather drown...]]"

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->"Were sewer levels ever compelling? From ->I'm pretty sure the beginning of gaming history, all they ever were was a way to needlessly pad out the game with mazes, insane jumping puzzles, bullshit death traps, switch flipping and giant rat stomping. It's just about the fastest way I can think of to kill my enthusiasm for any game [aside from [[{{Phantasmagoria 2}} main characters talking to their pet rats]].]"
-->-- '''TheSpoonyOne''', '''''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'''''

->"Can
sewers underneath Jerusalem don't run ''blue''.
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Noah Antwiler]]''' on ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'' (NES}

->Can
you tell me something? Why does every Zelda game have to have a water temple and ''why do they always have to suck so much?!'' Ocarina of Time's water temple? I'd rather drown. Twilight Princess's water temple? I'd rather drown! And [[AC:OH GOD]] the Great Bay Temple from Majora's Mask! (voice quivering) [[ThisIsGonnaSuck I'd rather drown...]]"drown.



->"Uuuuuuugh... I don’t want to go down into the sewers... I don’t even want to write about going down in the sewers..."

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->"Uuuuuuugh...->Uuuuuuugh... I don’t want to go down into the sewers... I don’t even want to write about going down in the sewers..."



->'''Quasimodo''': Is this the Court of Miracles?
->'''Phoebus''': [[DeadpanSnarker Offhand, I'd say it's the Court of Ankle-deep Sewage]].

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->'''Quasimodo''': Is this the Court of Miracles?
->'''Phoebus''':
Miracles? \\
'''Phoebus''':
[[DeadpanSnarker Offhand, I'd say it's the Court of Ankle-deep Sewage]].



->''"This isn't the kind of place where I'd choose to spend my holidays!" quips the game, quippily, as you descend into yet another fine product of Sewer Level Inc. Yes, Sewer Level Inc: "Padding Your Stupid Games Since 1986."''

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->''"This ->This isn't the kind of place where I'd choose to spend my holidays!" quips the game, quippily, as you descend into yet another fine product of Sewer Level Inc. Yes, Sewer Level Inc: "Padding Your Stupid Games Since 1986."''
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->'''This isn't the kind of place where I'd choose to spend my holidays!'" quips the game, quippily, as you descend into yet another fine product of Sewer Level Inc. Yes, Sewer Level Inc: "Padding Your Stupid Games Since 1986."''

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->'''This ->''"This isn't the kind of place where I'd choose to spend my holidays!'" holidays!" quips the game, quippily, as you descend into yet another fine product of Sewer Level Inc. Yes, Sewer Level Inc: "Padding Your Stupid Games Since 1986."''

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-->-- ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''

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-->-- ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''
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->'''This isn't the kind of place where I'd choose to spend my holidays!'" quips the game, quippily, as you descend into yet another fine product of Sewer Level Inc. Yes, Sewer Level Inc: "Padding Your Stupid Games Since 1986."''
-->-- '''PCGamer.com''' retro review of ''[[http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/09/13/saturday-crapshoot-future-wars/ Future Wars]]''
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->'''Quasimodo'': Is this the Court of Miracles?

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->'''Quasimodo'': ->'''Quasimodo''': Is this the Court of Miracles?
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->'''Quasimodo'': Is this the Court of Miracles?
->'''Phoebus''': [[DeadpanSnarker Offhand, I'd say it's the Court of Ankle-deep Sewage]].
-->-- ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''

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->The rules here are pretty simple. Are you making a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' game? Your first level may be set in a sewer. Are you making ''any other game whatsoever?'' Then the moment you start working on a sewer level is the time to put down your keyboard and back away slowly from the games industry. These levels have precisely one purpose – to make every other kind feel better in comparison.

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->The ->"The rules here are pretty simple. Are you making a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' game? Your first level may be set in a sewer. Are you making ''any other game whatsoever?'' Then the moment you start working on a sewer level is the time to put down your keyboard and back away slowly from the games industry. These levels have precisely one purpose – to make every other kind feel better in comparison. "



->''"Were sewer levels ever compelling? From the beginning of gaming history, all they ever were was a way to needlessly pad out the game with mazes, insane jumping puzzles, bullshit death traps, switch flipping and giant rat stomping. It's just about the fastest way I can think of to kill my enthusiasm for any game [aside from [[{{Phantasmagoria 2}} main characters talking to their pet rats]].]"''

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->''"Were ->"Were sewer levels ever compelling? From the beginning of gaming history, all they ever were was a way to needlessly pad out the game with mazes, insane jumping puzzles, bullshit death traps, switch flipping and giant rat stomping. It's just about the fastest way I can think of to kill my enthusiasm for any game [aside from [[{{Phantasmagoria 2}} main characters talking to their pet rats]].]"'']"


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->"Uuuuuuugh... I don’t want to go down into the sewers... I don’t even want to write about going down in the sewers..."
-->-- '''[[LetsPlay/TheDarkId The Dark Id's]]''' LetsPlay of '''''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''''': ''[[http://lparchive.org/Xenogears-(by-The-Dark-Id)/Update%2041/ Episode XXXIX: The Fucking Sewer Level]]''
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->"Can you tell me something? Why does every Zelda game have to have a water temple and ''why do they always have to suck so much?!'' Ocarina of Time's water temple? I'd rather drown. Twilight Princess's water temple? I'd rather drown! And [[AC:OH GOD]] the Great Bay Temple from Majora's Mask! (voice quivering) [[ThisIsGonnaSuck I'd rather drown...]]"
-->-- '''{{WebVideo/Jontron}}''', talking about the series's recurringly [[ScrappyLevel scrappy levels]] in his video on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YkI5hAN5FU 6 Horrible Boss Battles]]
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->''"Were sewer levels ever compelling? From the beginning of gaming history, all they ever were was a way to needlessly pad out the game with mazes, insane jumping puzzles, bullshit death traps, switch flipping and giant rat stomping. It's just about the fastest way I can think of to kill my enthusiasm for any game [aside from [[{{Phantasmagoria 2}} main characters talking to their pet rats]].]"''
-->-- '''TheSpoonyOne''', '''''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'''''
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->The rules here are pretty simple. Are you making a ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' game? Your first level may be set in a sewer. Are you making ''any other game whatsoever?'' Then the moment you start working on a sewer level is the time to put down your keyboard and back away slowly from the games industry. These levels have precisely one purpose – to make every other kind feel better in comparison.

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->The rules here are pretty simple. Are you making a ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' game? Your first level may be set in a sewer. Are you making ''any other game whatsoever?'' Then the moment you start working on a sewer level is the time to put down your keyboard and back away slowly from the games industry. These levels have precisely one purpose – to make every other kind feel better in comparison.
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->The rules here are pretty simple. Are you making a ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' game? Your first level may be set in a sewer. Are you making ''any other game whatsoever?'' Then the moment you start working on a sewer level is the time to put down your keyboard and back away slowly from the games industry. These levels have precisely one purpose – to make every other kind feel better in comparison.
-->--'''Richard Cobbett''', ''[[http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/10/01/saturday-crapshoot-dalek-attack/ PC Gamer's Saturday Crapshoot]]''
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-->--An acknowledgement of this trope, from '''[[JakAndDaxter Jak II]]'''.

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-->--An acknowledgement of this trope, from '''[[JakAndDaxter -->--'''''[[JakAndDaxter Jak II]]'''.
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